Sugarglider Facts: Nocturnal: They are up at night making noise. (They are very vocal.) Omnivorous: They need a specialized diet, that is homemade containing specific vitamins and other ingredients to keep them healthy. Noisy: They are very vocal. They bark, hiss, crab, and make other various noises to communicate, not to mention night-time playing. Colony Dwellers: A glider can actually die of loneliness. Gliders can also over groom or self mutilate if left alone, resulting is costly vet care or even death. They need daily out of cage play time with not only other gliders but their human caretaker as well! Housing: They need more room than most small animals, as they love to glide. Cages must be at least 2' x 2' x 3' per glider; 3' x 2' x 5' or larger is recommended. Long Living: Gliders can live to be 16 years old in captivity. Suz' Sugar Gliders There is not enough I can say about this amazing woman. She is a wealth of experience and knowledge. Specifically here is a page about feeding your sugarglider but I recommend reading through her site completely. Along with this page and the attached diet links, their is information about health, breeding, and other important information on sugargliders. Feeding your Sugarglider GliderCENTRAL I can not imagine what the glider community would do without Glider Central. If you do nothing else in your research, please join this forum. With over 270,000 post and over 6000 members, worldwide it there is always someone there to help you with any glider question or concern, and especially with one of the most important questions... Is a glider the right pet for me? Glider Central Specifically on the link below, member of the GliderCentral community have painstakingly research calcium:protein rations and other important diet concerns to come up with the best diets for our gliders health and happiness. Diet Links Where did the first colored gliders come from? "Most of the original leu, mosaics, etc were imported gliders. I know some of the original owners, but not all. The leu line that produced Ethan, Gabrial, and Fisban was owned by somebody in Canada. There was a wild caught female leu that was their great grandma, but I have no clue who owned her. Then, there is Sammie and Sesamie. They were produced by 2 grays and bought by Sheila and Judie. The 3rd leu line is Cheese formally owned by Dai Green. She was supposedly wild caught. The two mosaic that I know of were owned by Helen Morano and Dai Green (Mac of Mac & Cheese). Priscilla Price now owns Helen's mosaics. The first albinos were produced by Brian (Wherezat) and then Flying Fur produced the Creminos a few years ago. Flying Fur also used to be the big producer of White Tip's. Most of which where the offspring of wild caught White Tip's they obtained. They sold off their White Tip breeding program to S & S Exotics. Now, White Face's are kind of tricky. The first White Face line was the Cereal line owned by Sandman. Then, there was the Ol' Yeller line, which I think belonged to Flying Fur. ...And the Pele line, which was owned by Mary and Charlie." Info provided by Leyna @ GliderCENTRAL Thank you Leyna for providing such valuable information on the origins of glider's colors! |
| Sugargliders are an EXOTIC animal & require specialized care! They do NOT make good pets for everyone! Imagine having an infant for the next 16 years. That is what it is like to own a glider. Yes, there is both work and rewards but what are you doing in the next 16 (or more) years? Does a glider fit into that lifestyle? Please research BEFORE you buy. Help to stop filling rescues with unwanted gliders! |
| Here are a few very helpful articles for new glider owners... For "Newbies" (Covering the basics) How NOT to handle your sugarglider Facts about sugargliders Taming & Bonding, a guideline for new owners Hind Leg Paralysis (HLP) Hazardous toys, parts, & cage parts |
| Sugarglider Info There are some wonderful people in the glider community that have done the work of bringing information together for the benefit of gliders and their owners everywhere, let's give credit, where credit is due and please check out the links provided. They hold a wealth of information that these people have taken the time research it and put it together along with their experiences to better educate the world about these amazing marsupials! -Krys |
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